scholarly journals Quality of life of elderly people living in a municipality with rural characteristics in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleber Bombardelli ◽  
Luis Henrique Telles da Rosa ◽  
Kalina Durigon Keller ◽  
Patricia da Silva Klahr ◽  
Patrícia Viana da Rosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Physical Domain ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Psychological Domain ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Objective: to describe the quality of life of elderly residents of a rural municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive study of a population of elderly persons was performed. Systematic probabilistic sampling was carried out. The sample was composed of 100 elderly persons, of whom 67 were female and 33 were male. Two questionnaires were used to collect the data, a sociodemographic and sample characterization survey, and the WHOQOL-BREF, in order to evaluate quality of life. The normality of the data was verified by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and analysis of mean and standard deviation was performed. Absolute and relative frequencies, Student T-test and Pearson correlation were also performed. Results: Quality of life in the physical domain was negatively impacted for both genders, whereas in the social relationships domain a good evaluation was identified, without significant difference between genders. The correlation of the WHOQOL-BREF domains with the age, weight and height of the women demonstrated, although weak, a positive and direct association in quality of life between environment and weight (r=0.277, p=0.024). When only men were evaluated, a strong inverse association with physical domain and age was found (r=0.725, p<0.001) as well as an inverse association of psychological domain with age (r=0.371, p=0.033). The psychological domain presented a positive association with BMI (r=0.36, p=0.039). Conclusion: It was concluded that elderly persons living in a rural environment who participated in this study had a good quality of life.

scholarly journals PAIN IN THE POST-OPERATIVE OF MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION AND ITS INTER-RELATION WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 3636-3644
Author(s):  
Graziele Gorete Portella da Fonseca ◽  
Márcio Kist Parcianello ◽  
Cláudia Zamberlan ◽  
Mara Glarete Rodrigues Marinho ◽  
Dilce Rejane Peres do Carmo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Myocardial Revascularization ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul

Objetivo: Compreender a dor de clientes submetidos à revascularização do miocárdio, no intuito de inter-relacionar esta condição com a qualidade de vida. Método: Qualitativo, descritivo e exploratório, realizado com 10 clientes no terceiro dia de pós-operatório de revascularização do miocárdio, de um Hospital de grande porte da região central do Rio Grande do Sul. Resultados: Evidenciam que (05) entrevistados apresentaram limiar de dor 7, (01) apresentou limiar  2, e outros (04) entrevistados apresentaram limiar 9, sendo estas as categorias que emergiram na aplicação da Escala visual analógica . Além disso, cinco entrevistados classificaram a dor como uma sensação desagradável, outros quatro a consideraram horrível/terrível e apenas um a referiu como ardida. Conclusões: Essas categorias detectadas pela maioria dos usuários levam a pensar que esses sinais podem interferir consideravelmente na qualidade de vida, bem como limita-los em suas funções cotidianas, podendo retardar a sua recuperação. Descritores: Enfermagem, Dor, Qualidade de vida.

Multimorbidity and  health-related quality of life among people 55 years and up: results of a longitudinal study in New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayyereh Aminisani ◽  
Chris Stephens ◽  
Fiona Alpass ◽  
Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Background: This study aimed to examine the association of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and multimorbidity (MM) and its correlates over time in New Zealand. Methods: People aged 55 years and over were invited to participate in a nationally representative population-based longitudinal study in 2006 and followed up biennially until 2016. Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) with an exchangeable correlation matrix and robust standard errors adjusted for both time-constant and time-varying factors using baseline and five subsequent waves of data were used, to compare a range of factors related to changes in MM and HRQOL. Results: Of 2632 participants at baseline, 957 of the participants were classified as “MM participants”; 570 had two, and the rest had three chronic conditions. The results of the GEE regression models demonstrated that SF12-PCS decreased over time, and there was a significant difference in SF12-PCS between MM and Non-MM participants. Having MM was negatively associated with HRQOL-PCS [-3.00 (95 %CI -3.60, -2.49); p <0.001)]. Although the results showed an increase in SF12-MCS over time, the score of the mental dimension of HRQOL was lower among MM participants compared to Non-MM participants [-2.60, 95 %CI -3.09, -2.11]. Conclusions: According to this longitudinal study, there is an inverse association between MM and one of the most important health outcomes; HRQOL, in older adults.

scholarly journals Ações das equipes da ESF para a qualidade de vida das pessoas com diabetes/Actions of FHS teams for the quality of life of people with diabetes

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudete Moreschi ◽  
Claudete Rempel ◽  
Dirce Stein Backes ◽  
Carmen Neri Fernández Pombo ◽  
Daiana Foggiato Siqueira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul

O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar as ações desenvolvidas pelas Estratégias Saúde da Família para melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas com diabetes. Trata-se de um estudo com abordagem qualitativa, realizado nas 14 equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família de um município do interior do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Foram realizadas entrevistas com 14 profissionais e 14 pessoas com diabetes atendidas nos serviços. Os resultados evidenciaram que as equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família promovem diversas ações interativas para melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas com diabetes. As ações relatadas pelos participantes pautaram-se no grupo de apoio nutricional, grupo de caminhadas, consulta nutricional, consulta de enfermagem, consulta médica, distribuição de medicamentos, visita domiciliar, bom atendimento, grupo de diabéticos e hipertensos e grupo de educação em saúde. A educação em diabetes também é promovida em espaços externos dos serviços (grupo de mulheres e escolas).A descrição das ações constatadas neste estudo poderá servir de subsídios para os profissionais de saúde aplicarem no seu fazer profissional e, deste modo, contribuir em melhorias na atenção à saúde da população na perspectiva da promoção da qualidade de vida das pessoas com diabetes.

scholarly journals Qualidade de vida e estado nutricional de idosos institucionalizados e não institucionalizados

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. e187101724567
Author(s):  
Tainá Facchini ◽  
Fernanda Scherer Adami ◽  
Nathascha dos Santos Trindade ◽  
Jéssica Carina Führ ◽  
Janine Maria Lavall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
World Health ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
The World ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Para Determinar ◽  
Health Organization

Objetivo: Associar os domínios de qualidade de vida com o estado nutricional e idade de idosos não institucionalizados e residentes em Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos (ILPIs). Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo retrospectivo, transversal, de natureza quantitativa, com 105 idosos não institucionalizados atendidos em uma Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF), município de Lajeado-RS, e 245 idosos institucionalizados residentes em ILPIs públicas e privadas, no Rio Grande do Sul. Utilizou-se o Questionário de Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida The World Health Organization Quality of Life – WHOQOL-bref composto de 26 questões, de escala hedônica de 1 a 5. Realizou-se aferição do peso e estatura, para determinar o índice de massa corporal (IMC) e classificar o estado nutricional conforme Organização   Pan-Americana da Saúde (2002). Consideraram-se significativos os resultados a um nível de significância máxima de 5%.  Resultados: O maior escore de qualidade de vida dos idosos observou-se no domínio psíquico 45±27,53, seguido do ambiental 41,46±18,23, social 40,82±30,68 e físico 39,28±20,10, sendo que os domínios de qualidade de vida foram significativamente superiores entre os idosos com 60 a 69 anos (p≤0,01), com estado nutricional classificados como obesidade (p≤0,01) e os não institucionalizados quando comparados com os institucionalizados. Conclusão: A percepção dos domínios de qualidade de vida dos idosos estudados foi maior no domínio psíquico e menor no físico.  Os idosos mais jovens, com obesidade e não institucionalizados demonstraram uma melhor percepção da qualidade de vida em todos os domínios.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Water Availability as an Important Factor for Farmers' Permanence in the Field: A Study in Southern Brazilian Countryside

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 296-306
Author(s):  
José Luis Perlin ◽  
Dieison Prestes da Silveira ◽  
Jana Koefender ◽  
Roberta Cattaneo Horn ◽  
Juliane Nicolodi Camera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Family Farmers

Water availability in rural areas is essential to production activities and quality of life. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the key role played by water resources in rural properties as a factor for farmers' permanence in the field in Southern Brazil. The research followed a qualitative and quantitative approach, which encompassed the application of semi-structured questionnaires to family farmers living in Marmeleiro and Fontana Freda communities, in the rural area of Jaguari County, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Based on collected data, participants have shown knowledge about aspects such as water quality and availability, as well as about the preservation of this resource. Nevertheless, it was clear that water availability is a fundamental factor for farmers to remain in the field.

scholarly journals A qualidade de vida de mulheres rurais de São Francisco de Paula-RS

COLÓQUIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-158
Author(s):  
Lilian Varini Ceolin ◽  
Fernando Leandro Borges ◽  
William Pollnow ◽  
Patrícia Binkowski ◽  
Arthur Fernandes Domingos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
World Health ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Organization Quality ◽  
Health Organization

A proposta deste artigo é descrever a qualidade de vida de mulheres residentes em comunidades rurais no município de São Francisco de Paula, no Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Como ferramenta metodológica, foi utilizado um questionário contendo o instrumento WHOQOL-bref (World Health Organization Quality Of Life – BREF), aplicado em quatro dos 14 grupos de mulheres rurais, acompanhados pela Empresa Riograndense de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (EMATER/RS-Ascar). As comunidades designadas aleatoriamente para a pesquisa foram Juá, Recosta, Lajeado Grande e Lava Pés. Como resultado, verificou-se que a qualidade de vida das mulheres nas quatro comunidades rurais pesquisadas foi positiva, dentro de um ponto de corte em (60%), em que os domínios das relações sociais e físicas receberam um maior destaque por se tratar de um grupo de mulheres sem restrições para a realização de suas atividades diárias.

scholarly journals Physical activity assessment and quality of life in nursing

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joiceléia de Fátima Camargo ◽  
Edna Thais Jeremias Martins ◽  
Lucas Porto Santos ◽  
Patrícia Martins Bock
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
International Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Physical Activity Assessment ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
Activity Questionnaire

Objetivo: avaliar o nível de atividade física, índice de massa corporal e a qualidade de vida dos acadêmicos de enfermagem e enfermeiros do Rio Grande do Sul. Método: trata-se de um estudo transversal, com aplicação de questionários digitais de anamnese e para levantamento do nível de atividade física, pelo International Physical Activity Questionnaire, e da qualidade de vida, por meio do Short Form-36. Os dados foram coletados e analisados pelos softwares SurveyMonkey e SPSS (teste de Mann-Whitney e qui-quadrado). Resultados: os resultados do questionário de atividade física mostraram que um total de 22 (25%) indivíduos apresentava nível de atividade física insuficiente, 33 (37%) eram suficientemente ativos e 34 (38%) muito ativos. O índice de massa corporal dos enfermeiros e acadêmicos apresentou uma média de 24,7 (22-29) kg/m². Avaliando a qualidade de vida segundo os domínios do questionário, observou-se que os enfermeiros e acadêmicos apresentam alta capacidade funcional (90% do máximo), porém os demais domínios da qualidade de vida apresentam-se com valores abaixo de 75% do máximo possível. Conclusão: a maioria dos enfermeiros e acadêmicos possuem níveis satisfatórios de atividade física, índice de massa corporal dentro dos parâmetros recomendados e qualidade de vida parcialmente adequada.

scholarly journals Multimorbidity and the health-related quality of life among people 50 years and up: results of a longitudinal study in New Zealand

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayyereh Aminisani ◽  
Chris Stephens ◽  
Fiona Alpass ◽  
Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Objective This study aimed to examine the association of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and multimorbidity (MM) and its correlates over time in New Zealand.Methods People aged 55 years and over were invited to participate in a nationally representative population-based longitudinal study in 2006 and followed up biennially until 2016. GEE models, adjusted for both time-constant and time-varying factors used baseline and five subsequent waves of data, to compare a range of factors related to changes in MM and HRQOL.Results At baseline, 957 of the participants were classified as “MM participants”; 570 had two, and the rest had three chronic conditions. The results of the GEE modelling demonstrated that SF12-PCS decreased over time and there was a significant difference in SF12-PCS between MM and Non-MM participants. Having MM was negatively associated with HRQOL-PCS [-3.00 (95%CI -3.60, -2.49); p <0.001)]. Although the results showed an increase in SF12-MCS over time, the score of the mental dimension of HRQOL was lower among MM participants compared to Non-MM participants [-2.60, 95%CI -3.09, -2.11].Conclusions According to this longitudinal study, there is an inverse association between MM and one of the most important health outcomes; HRQOL, in older adults.

Pharmacist Intervention and Quality of Life of HIV-Infected Patients in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-138
Author(s):  
Shakirat I Bello
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Pharmaceutical Journal ◽  
Pharmacist Intervention ◽  
Physical Domain ◽  
Benin City ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

Assessment of quality of life of HIV-infected patients on combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) is imperative in the management of the disease. This study was done to assess the quality of life (QOL) of HIV-infected patients on cART before and after the pharmacist intervention. Consented HIV diagnosed outpatients in a tertiary health care facility in Benin City that met inclusion criteria were consecutively enrolled into the study. The QOL of these patients was determined in the four domains of WHOQOLHIV BREF instrument. The raw scores for each domain in the WHOQOL-HIV BREF were calculated by adding values of single items. The scores were computed on the scale of 0 to 100. One way ANOVA and Student t-test were used to compare means. At baseline, mean QOL values were below 73. The lowest values were in the social domain and the best values in the physical domain. The QOL values increased steadily over the period of interventions with the highest mean QOL of 93.7 in the physical domain. The improvement in QOL was significant at 6 and 9 months following interventions (p < 0.001). The values obtained are expressed in percentage. There was no statistically significant difference between male and female patients on cART in all domains of QOL following the intervention. Patients on Tenofovir + Emtricitabine + Efavirenz combination therapy had significantly higher scores in all the domains of QOL as compared with other drug combinations used in the management of the patients. The only educational level of the patients was significantly associated with the patients’ QOL. The intervention in this prospective study was a success, as it led to increasing in QOL for the patients on cART from the baseline level to the end of the 9th month.Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 20(2): 132-138, 2017

scholarly journals Controle da Qualidade da Água do Arroio Portão Portão, RS

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO NAIME ◽  
ROSÂNGELA SCHUCH FAGUNDES
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Hydrographic Basin

This work presents the environment attendance of Portão River, a river of the hydrographic basin of Rio dos Sinos, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. The improvement of environmental conditions demands a diagnostic of the actual situation. By this way, it is possible to propose mitigation, compensation and promotion of better quality of life for the populations. Chemical parameters of water were observed during three months, in order to evaluate the environmental conditions, and to promote environmental improvement for this region, in the context of physical, biological and economic conditions.

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